Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-24
LOCAL BREyITIEs.

Passengers and mails from the south ar
rived by special train about 4 P. N. yester-
day.
The Sacramento river took another start
upwards yesterday, and last evening regis
tered 20 feet 2 inches.
The State Fish Commissioners will meet
in this city to-day. for the transaction of
much important b Isiness.
Members of the Young Mems Institute
and their friends enjoyed a social dance at
Y. NJ. l. Hall last evening
The highest and lowest Signal Seryi e
temperature yesterday was 73o and Ole,
with light variable winds, and weather
clear to fair and cloudy.
The Frauen-Verein of the German Luz
theran Church will give another of their
very attractive socials at the church,
Twelfth and K streets, this evening.
The Commissioners to examine the pro-
posed sites for branch Normal School in
the northern portion of State will leave
tomorrow for Oroyille to enter upon their
duties.
The steamer San Joaquin, No. 4, arrived
from San Francisco yesterday with mer-
chandise and lumber, and the d. E.
Knight, from Marysville en- route to San
A meeting of the stockholders of the
East Park Association will be held at the
office of w. P. Coleman at P NJ to-day,
for the election of officers and consultation
as to improvements TO the property.
Sheriff Watkins, of Yolo county, passed
through yesterday morning to the Folsom
State Prison, having in charge the China
man sentenced for one year for burglarizing
the house of H. NJ. LaRue, near DavisYille,
about year ago.
Yesterday morning D. j. Simmons & Co.
sold the north half of the block between G
and H, Nineteenth and Twentieth streets,
at auction. After spirited bidding. c. H.
Eldred and I. II. Person became the pur-
chasers for $3.50.
The crossing on the west side of Fifth
street, at the junction of n, needs attention.
A few pieces of plank represent the cross
ing, and these are so badly splintered that
people walking over them are in danger of
serious injury to their feet.
These arrests were made yesterday
Frank Saunders, by officer Farrell, on
three charges of disturbing the peace; Jim
Brennan, by officer Leavy, for being drunk;
Dan Daily, by officer Sullivan, for petit
larceny-he took an orange.
Frank Saunders, a tomale man, got on
the warpath yesterday and succeeded in
sturbing the peace SO frequently that he
was arrested on three charges by officer
Farrell, and there were many more charges
that might have been made.
Letters received here from San Francisco
state that Mrs. w. L. Croweli, of this city,
concerning whose very serious illness men,
ton was recently made, is improving,
and there is good reason to believe that she
will soon be restored to health.
The road between Sacramento and Wood
land is under three feet of water west of
Washington, and is consequently impass-
able: Many of the small bridges in that
locality will be washed away if the water
in the tules should rise much higher.
The Valley Amateur Baseball League,
recently organized, will commence its sea-
son next Sunday, when the Z. d. O. f. and
G. P. r. r. Clubs, of this city, will play at
Agricultural Park, and the 0letas, of
Davisville, and the Acmes will play at
Davisville.
Nate Webb, foreman of the truck depart
ment at the railroad works, received pain
full injury yesterday. the little finger Of his
left hand getting caught in pulley, which
almost cut it off, and stripped a consider
able portion of the flesh from it. Another
finger was severely hurt.
A burglar entered the residence of Mrs.
Hermosilla, Second street, between Q and
r, last Friday night. and again on Satur-
day night, but he did not get any booty of
value. The residence of William Luxon,
on Third street, between Q and R, was also
visited by thief Friday night an entrance
being gained by cutting a wire door, but a
little dog was aroused and frightened the
intruder away.
Large black water beetles are very
numerous about the electric-street lights,
especially those nearest the river, during
these warm evenings. Tuesday night so
many of them fell into the globe of the
lamp at the foot of X street that the light
could scarcely be seen. Presently they
caught fire, and the blaze assembled to a
distance above the lamp until
the bugs were all cremated
The Directors of the California Museum
Association yesterday reelected all the old |
officers of that institution. They resolved |
to hold an art loan exhibition in the mid |
die of May. They recommended to the
Governor trustees for appointment to effect |
the removal of the mineral cabinet from |
the Capitol. Several new life members |
were received. Plans for further advanced |
work of the Institution were considered, |
and the location of the State cabinet in the |
Art Gallery debated.